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Chompy bird
Released18 May 2004 (Update)
MembersYes
Combat level6
Size1x1
ExamineA large boisterous bird, a delicacy for ogres.
Combat info
Max hit0
AggressiveNo
PoisonousNo
Attack styleNone
Attack speedDoes not attack
Slayer info
Slayer levelNone
Slayer XP10 xp
CategoryBirds
Assigned by
Combat stats
1055300
Aggressive stats
Monster attack bonusMonster strength bonusMonster magic strength bonusMonster ranged strength bonus
+0+0+0+0+0+0
Melee defence
+0+0+0
Magic defence
No elemental weakness
+0No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
LightStandardHeavy
+0+0+0
Immunities
Poison100% resistance
Venom100% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID1475
LinkMOID
Chompy bird
Released18 May 2004 (Update)
MembersYes
RaceBird
QuestBig Chompy Bird Hunting
LocationFeldip Hills
OptionsPluck
ExamineA once boisterous bird, closer to being an ogre delicacy.
Advanced data
NPC ID1476
LinkMOID
An escaping chompy bird

Chompy birds are part of the chompy bird hunting activity. They can only be killed after completing the Big Chompy Bird Hunting quest. Killing them requires a comp ogre bow or ogre bow with brutal arrows or ogre arrows. They cannot be killed with melee or Magic. Thralls will also not attack them. Bloated toads must be used as bait to lure them to the area. Bloated toads are made by using ogre bellows filled with swamp gas on nearby toads at the swamp. Chompy birds spawn in a 10 tile radius around the bloated toad (21x21 square). A chompy bird will leave if it is not killed after one minute.

Killing a chompy bird yields the message: "You scratch a notch on your bow for the chompy bird kill." Each kill yields a chompy bird corpse which can be plucked for feathers, a raw chompy, bones and grants 30 Hunter experience, while it will disappear after two minutes if left untouched.[1] The bonecrusher's effect works on the bones when plucking the dead chompy. After 30 kills, players can claim their first chompy bird hat.

The bird Slayer task assigned by Turael and Spria can be completed with chompy birds; while they are much slower kills than chickens, it can be sped up with gear listed on chompy bird hunting.

Completing tiers of the Western Provinces Diary will grant benefits when killing chompy birds:

  • Completing the easy Western Province tasks will grant a 25% chance of two chompy birds appearing.
  • Completing the medium Western Province tasks will grant a 50% chance of two chompy birds appearing.
  • Completing the elite Western Province tasks will grant a 100% chance of two chompy birds appearing.

Spawn mechanics

Each bloated toad has a 1 in 5 chance to attract a chompy bird every 25 ticks (15 seconds) from the moment it is placed on the ground. Up to four rolls can be made by a bloated toad before it bursts, although no further rolls are made after a toad has successfully called down a chompy.

Hunter info

Chompy bird
Level requiredHunter 1
Hunter XP30 xp
BaitBloated toad
RetaliationNo
TrapNo

Strategy

Locations

Feldip Hills Chompy Marsh
Fairy ring code AKS Fairy ring code BKP

Drops

100%

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Bones.png: Chompy bird drops Bones with rarity Always in quantity 1Bones1Always400
Raw chompy.png: Chompy bird drops Raw chompy with rarity Always in quantity 1Raw chompy1Always1,41551
Feather.png: Chompy bird drops Feather with rarity Always in quantity 10-30Feather10–30Always30–9010–30

Other

Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Chompy chick.png: Chompy bird drops Chompy chick with rarity 1/500 in quantity 1Chompy chick11/500[d 1][2]Not soldN/A
  1. ^ Only players who have completed the elite Western Provinces Diary are eligible to receive this pet.

Dialogue

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Changes

Date Changes
19 August 2026
(Update)

Plucking a chompy bird now grants 30 Hunter experience.

5 March 2015
(Update | poll)
  • There is now a chance to obtain a chompy chick pet after completing the elite Western Provinces Diary.
  • There is now a chance that 2 chompy birds will spawn while hunting after the completion of Western Province Diaries:
    • 25% chance for the easy Diary.
    • 50% chance for the medium Diary.
    • 100% chance for the elite Diary.
9 July 2007
(Update)

The NPC was graphically updated.

11 – 19 July 2005

The NPC now always appears above players standing in the same tile.

29 June 2004 –
9 July 2007
9 July 2007 –
present

29 June 2004 –
9 July 2007
9 July 2007 –
present

Trivia

  • The chompy bird's appearance is similar to the extinct dodo.
  • Killing 4,000 chompy birds yields 160,000 Ranged experience and 40,000 Hitpoints experience. Plucking a chompy bird also awards 30 Hunter experience. The 4,000th kill also grants an additional 30,000 Ranged experience for a total of 190,000 Ranged experience and 120,000 Hunter experience.
  • Attempting to drop a bloated toad at the quest location after Big Chompy Bird Hunting is complete yields the message: "Rantz doesn't like it when you chompy hunt on his turf. But you can hunt for chompys in the rest of the ogre area."
  • Unlike in RuneScape 3, chompy birds are immune to the dwarf multicannon while wielding an ogre bow.

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Mod Ash: "[Hello, once a chompy bird has been killed, how long will the corpse lay on the ground for before it despawns? (...)] 2 mins, I think. (...)"
  2. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Mod Ash: "(Are they both 1/500?) 'Yes.'" (As a reaction to the archived tweet)

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